Jean Kim joined Constantine Cannon as an associate in April 2004. Ms. Kim concentrates her practice on antitrust litigation and counseling and general commercial litigation.

Prior to joining Constantine Cannon, Ms. Kim was an associate with the Antitrust Department of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. During her time at Skadden Arps, Ms. Kim specialized in merger analysis and review, and represented numerous Fortune 500 companies and foreign corporations before the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice in connection with the merger review process.

Before joining Skadden Arps, Ms. Kim was a member of the California Attorney General’s trial team which brought an action to bar the merger of two competing hospitals in the East Bay area of northern California. California v. Sutter Health System, 130 F. Supp. 2d 1109 (N.D. Cal. 2001). Ms. Kim participated in preparing the trial briefs for the State of California and assisted in preparing expert and other witnesses for trial.

Ms. Kim has also worked with numerous pro bono clients, obtaining tax-exempt status for not-for-profit organizations, drafting bylaws and articles of incorporation, and advising on corporate governance. She has also represented clients under the Violence Against Women Act to procure work authorization and other INS approvals for victims of domestic violence.

Ms. Kim graduated from Hastings College of the Law in 1999, where she was a submissions editor for the Hastings Women’s Law Journal, and interned with Magistrate Judge Hewlett. Ms. Kim received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and English from Williams College in 1995, and was a Ford-Mellon scholar from 1994 to 1995 for her research on the rhetoric of welfare reform.